Exclusive: Candidates backed by Fran Drescher in local SAG-AFTRA elections are racking up impressive wins as early results from around the country continue to come in. Candidates that her Unite for Strength slate deem “Drescher-friendly” already have won in Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston-Austin, Miami, the Missouri Valley, Portland, San Francisco, the Twin Cities and elsewhere.
Members backed by the opposition MembershipFirst slate have won just a handful of races thus far.
Today, members of the union’s Michigan Local re-elected Erik Wydra as president, who Drescher endorsed in a campaign video in which she said: “You must, must, must vote for Eric Wydra for Michigan Local president. He’s been an incredible leader locally and nationally.” Wydra got 132 votes, defeating challenger Franco Pulice, who received 55 votes. Three of the four convention delegates Drescher endorsed also won there.
Only 11 of the union’s 25 locals have completed their elections so far, while...
Members backed by the opposition MembershipFirst slate have won just a handful of races thus far.
Today, members of the union’s Michigan Local re-elected Erik Wydra as president, who Drescher endorsed in a campaign video in which she said: “You must, must, must vote for Eric Wydra for Michigan Local president. He’s been an incredible leader locally and nationally.” Wydra got 132 votes, defeating challenger Franco Pulice, who received 55 votes. Three of the four convention delegates Drescher endorsed also won there.
Only 11 of the union’s 25 locals have completed their elections so far, while...
- 8/24/2021
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Branded entertainment vet Stuart McLean has launched Fast Studios, a new business aiming to capitalize on the quickly growing programming sector known as Fast — free, ad-supported television channels.
As more companies aim to launch their own Fast channels to be distributed on platforms such as ViacomCBS’ Pluto TV and Comcast’s Xumo, Fast Studios is pitching itself as an investor and operator to handle day-to-day services like scheduling, marketing, distribution and ad sales.
“I think the reality now of these Fast channels, with technology today, just about anybody can start a channel,” McLean said. “But you need at least ten new jobs to run that channel. You need your programming department, you need your marketing department, you need your distribution department, ad sales, all of those traditional roles now are important because you need to support a 24/7 linear channel.
“We have executives that have experience in scheduling and programming channels,...
As more companies aim to launch their own Fast channels to be distributed on platforms such as ViacomCBS’ Pluto TV and Comcast’s Xumo, Fast Studios is pitching itself as an investor and operator to handle day-to-day services like scheduling, marketing, distribution and ad sales.
“I think the reality now of these Fast channels, with technology today, just about anybody can start a channel,” McLean said. “But you need at least ten new jobs to run that channel. You need your programming department, you need your marketing department, you need your distribution department, ad sales, all of those traditional roles now are important because you need to support a 24/7 linear channel.
“We have executives that have experience in scheduling and programming channels,...
- 1/5/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
The hotly contested SAG-AFTRA presidential election is in full swing, but the presidents of 16 of the union’s 25 locals spread out across the country already have been “declared elected without the necessity of a membership vote” because they were running unopposed.
Members of five locals – in Colorado, Dallas-Fort Worth, Portland, Seattle and the Twin Cities – didn’t cast a single ballot for any of their officers, board members or convention delegates because all were running unopposed. In Colorado, there was no presidential candidate on the ballot because no one submitted in a timely manner.
On the national level, there is plenty of competition in the races for president, secretary-treasurer and the national board of directors. But that’s not the case at many of the smaller locals, where more often than not, incumbents are returned to office without opposition.
Local presidents elected or reelected without the necessity of...
Members of five locals – in Colorado, Dallas-Fort Worth, Portland, Seattle and the Twin Cities – didn’t cast a single ballot for any of their officers, board members or convention delegates because all were running unopposed. In Colorado, there was no presidential candidate on the ballot because no one submitted in a timely manner.
On the national level, there is plenty of competition in the races for president, secretary-treasurer and the national board of directors. But that’s not the case at many of the smaller locals, where more often than not, incumbents are returned to office without opposition.
Local presidents elected or reelected without the necessity of...
- 8/7/2019
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
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